SIMP J013656.5+093347 (abbreviated SIMP0136) is a planetary mass object [5] at 19.9 light-years from Earth in the constellation Pisces. It belongs to the spectral class T2.5 [3] and its …

Mar 3, 2025 · Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to monitor a broad spectrum of infrared light emitted over two full rotation periods by SIMP 0136, the team was able to detect …

Mar 6, 2025 · SIMP 0136 is an unusual object, what astronomers call a rogue planet, about 20 light-years away. It’s similar to other gas giant planets but is freely floating in space, not …

Sep 29, 2025 · On Earth and Jupiter, the spray of charged particles from the Sun creates the aurora, but there’s no nearby star to affect SIMP-0136 that way.

Oct 1, 2025 · Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have delivered the first detailed “weather report” for a rogue planet-like object called SIMP-0136. This lonely …

Sep 26, 2025 · That is thanks to astronomers from Trinity College Dublin, who used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to take a close look at the weather of a toasty …

Mar 12, 2025 · Although it is not hot enough to give off enough visible light to see from Earth, SIMP 0136 is the brightest isolated planet or brown dwarf viewable from the Northern …